What it is to burn

I went to the beach last weekend. The waves were big. The sun was hot. The burn was terrible. I put on sunblock (SPF 50) once every hour or so I was in the sun. Honestly. And I still have blisters. Guatemala = close to the sun. Something should also be said re: the temperature. Alicia´s alarm clock also features a thermometer, which informed us that our room was 94 degrees when we went to bed. I am generally not too bothered by heat (better than -30 degrees!) but this was extreme enough to mention. Another extreme-ish thing: Alicia and I paid US$7.50 each for a hotel room. I am continually surprised with how cheap Guatemalan goods and services are. Why do people go to Cancun? Absurd. Overall, Monterrico was good. Swimming, reading, sleeping. Terrific.
I am still teaching English at the Scheel Center. So far, I think it is going well. My sixth grade is pretty good. My seventh graders were kind of noisy turds, but I think they´re getting better. My eighth grade is amazing and one of them, Abraham, is an English whiz. Somehow (He said something about learning from a Canadian volunteer at the Dreamer Center.) Abraham is way ahead of his classmates in English. He and I can have a conversation (a slow one) in English. Every lesson I do with his class, he already knows, so I write up a seperate lesson/worksheet for him to do on his own. I eats it up and so do I. It is just so fun having an especially bright student. I don´t think I could ever be a real teacher, because I am the Michael Phelps of playing favorites.
That, I think, is all for today. I am glad I had the opportunity to complain about my sunburn and to spread the word worldwide about Abraham and his terrific-ness.